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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Mercurialis, 202. 



Mercury, 202. 



Mericarp, 162. 



Mezereon, 201. 



Milcopyle, 20, 36. 



Mid-rib, 64. 



Mignonette Family, 125. 



Mildew of Wheat, 265. 



Milkwort Family, 140. 



Mimosa, 150. 



Mimoseaa, 150. 



Mimulus, 193. 



Mint, 195. 



Minute structure of plants, 90. 



Mistletoe Family, 165. 



Molasses, 243. 



mon-, mono-, one in composition. 



monandrous, 54. 



Monkey-flower, 193. 



Monkshood, 114. 



Monochlamydeae, 50, 198. 



monochlamydeous, with calyx only, 



39- 



inonocotyledonous , 47. 

 Monocotyledons, 48 50, 216. 

 monoecious, with staminate and pis- 

 tillate flowers on the same plant, 33. 

 monogynous, with one style or one 



carpel. 

 monopetalous, with one petal : often 



employed instead of gamopetalous, 



i.e. with coherent petals. 

 Moonwort, 255. 

 Morus, 208. 

 Moscatel, 168. 

 Moss Family, 261. 

 Moulds, 263. 

 Mousetail, 115. 

 mucronnte, with a minute, hard 



point {mucro) terminating the mid- 



nb. 



Mulberry, 86, 208. 

 Mullein, 192. 



multi-, in composition, many. 

 Musci, 261. 



Mushroom Family, 263. 

 Musk, 193. 

 Mycelium, 263. 

 Myosote, 189. 

 Myosotis, 189. 

 Myrospermum, 149. 



Naiad Family, 218. 

 Naiadese, 218. 

 Narcissus, 233. 

 Nardus, 239. 

 Nasturtium, 139. 



Natural Orders, in, 113. 



Nectary, applied, vaguely, to glands, 

 lobes or' the disk, modified petals, 

 spurs, or other floral appendages, 

 especially if secreting fluid, 220. 



Nelumbium, n8. 



Nerium, 186. 



Nettle, 32. 



Nettle Family, 206. 



Nicotiana, 195. 



Nigella, 115. 



Nightshade, 191. 



Nitrogen of plants, 15. 



Node, 4. 



Nucleus, (of a cell) a minute body, 

 serving apparently as the centre 

 of activity of the contents; (of 

 an ovule) the central mass, 20. 



Nut, 84. 



nntant, nodding. 



Nutmeg, 142. 



Nutrith>e organs, 15. 



Nymphaeaceae, 117. 



Oak, 212. 



Oak-wood, vessels of, 92. 



Oat, 239, 242. 



cbcordate, 66. 



oblanceolate, 66. 



oblique leaves, 137. 



cbloitg, 65. 



obovate, 66. 



obtuse, 69. 



Ochrea, a sheathing, membranous 



stipule. 



oct-, or octo-, eight In composition. 

 octandrous, 54. 

 CEnanthe, 164. 

 OZnothera Famity, 154. 

 Oil, 98. 



Oil, Palm, 221. 

 Olea, 185. 

 Oleacese, 183. 

 Oleander, 186. 

 Olive, 185. 

 Olive Family, 183. 

 Onagracese, 154. 

 Onion, 225. 

 Operculum, a lid; applied to the 



lid of the sporange of mosses, 



261. 



Ophioglossum, 256. 

 Opium Poppy, 120. 

 opposite, 61. 

 Orache, 199. 

 Orange, 84. 

 orbicular, 65. 



